Pipe-cap.



PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

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PIPE GAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15.1906.

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pecilicetion of letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application died March 15,1995! Serial ll Oi 308.204.

To all whom it 712. 1-5 concern:

Be it lUlO'l t l, Win-"run G. Mouse, citizen oi. the hinted Still and resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State 0 Connecticut, have invented certain new and. useful improvements in Pipe-Cops, of which the iollo in is a specification.

My invention relates to new and. u, improvements in pipe-caps co J ends of wire service-pipes located out of doors.

it the object of y invention to provide at siin ne and inexpensive device for crwering he ends of pipes commonlv used a 'nst -ildings, poles, and the lil through which are carried as, for instance, inconfrom over-heed to underground to design the cup in such way as will permit of its convenient stteclnnent t either old or new pipes and lines without cutting or dis turhing the wires, and, further, to design the cupin such way that litt e or no mschine worli will h required in its production, and whereh it may he used in it' crude us tuli? cm the .l'oundry, with the exception of the up cation of one or two biudingscrews, thus in? try-lolly reduc the cost of production and it to he sold at e price c'o s1 others now upon the merket.

il ith the above ends in view my invention resides and consists in {L pipe cep, as shown upon the accompanying sheet 01 drawings, forming a part of this specification, and upon which similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures, and of which Figure 1 shows o central vertical longitudinol section througl'i ,ipe containing s pair of insulated wires with my improved cup at teched to pipe and (love toe. a Fig. 2 is n detached central vertical i itudinul sectionalviewof thee .pshc nin Fig. 3 is an inverted hotloin olsn new Llllf some cap. 1 lg. l is o pl:

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end over which the are arr ovoid inii y of teen? l i Bis 2* Eu :el l nial View of the pipe an OSSSCUUH of :1. mot ified form of i ng for covering the end of the pipe, which letter nuiy Ixuck up from sheet metal or cast, preferred.

Referring in do Q to my invention as herein shown, 7 indicates an ordinary pipe,

such as is commonly used to inclose and support telephone and other electric wires and which in practice is commonly formed of cast or wrought iron. These pipes are made in several dill'erent sizes, according to the uses to which they are to he put.

8 indicates the wires, which are generally covered with insulating material, as shown, and any number of these wires may be used, either individually or in the form of 11 cable, as it now more commonly used.

9 represents my cap as a. whole, which in general formation is of hood-like COHSULIC- tion, having on ovulshaped pocket l0 therein with an ohlongshaped opening across the bottom, tiirough which pocket and opening the Wires are led from the end of the pipe to me exterior. The opposite ends 11 end 12 of this pocket are rounded, es

shown, to better conform to the shape of the pipe in one instance and to accommodate the wires iu'ihe other. The inner end 1.1 of the pocket of the cap is provided with an enle. genicnt 13 and shoulder 1%, extending urour the end and two sides of that ion lion or the pocket l'oru'iing a. socket to receive too upper end of the pipe 7, togclher with the ring 15, seated upon the end oi the This obviously permits of the cop being set over the pipe and it is held in such po "tion by means of sel-screws 16, shown upon the opposite sides of cap and are threaded to pass through said sides and abut against the side of the pipe. This means of fastening avoids the necessity of threading either the cap or pipe and likewise any labor of screwing the cap on the pipe, as is the case with some other forms of cans now found upon the market, I prefers 1y employ an open. ring 15 upon the i ppcr end of the pipe and over which the ircs are led, as shown in Fig. 1. The open lcuture of this ring, permits of its attachment around wires already installed, whereas o1 herwisc they would probably have to he cut or the wires threaded through the piece for more or less of a distance. I prefer to use a plain ring, as shown in Fig. 4, which. may he formed irom a round rod or wire, which is a cheap way of producing it and convenient, furnishing o round surface on its sides, upon which the wires may rest. It is also true that this ring may be attached with little care, since either side may be disposed upword with the seine beneficial result. f Core,

. securely retain the parts in their respective positions.

In Fig. I have shown a slightly-different form of ring 18, which is somewhat broader than the other ring and has an internal annular flange 19 to set into the pipe and an apron 20, that is deflected out and down over the outside of the pipe, thus forming a broadened oval surfs over which the wires are carried. In the olrcing of this ring in position the same would be adjusted so that the apron would lie. L between the opening of the pocket of the cap through which the wires are led out.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire -to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a pipe-cap of the class described, the combination with a cap having a pocket therein, of an enlargement in oneend thereof, pipe-socket in such enlarged end having a shoulder extending around three sides of the socket, set-screws passing through the walls of the socket of the cap and adapted to en a nipe.

2. In a pipe-capof the class described,the

combinttion with a one-piece cap ,having a openinu beingenlarged and havin a cir' sin le oblon o enin therein one end of said C b x. 7

cul'ar shoulder and smooth side wall to re come the end of pipe, and screws passing 'ing ,an oblong pocket therein,

having a rounded side and scenes through the cap to engage the pipe when seated Within the enlargement.

3. in a pipe-cap of the class described, the combination of a cap having an oblong pocket therein, an enlargementof said pocket in one end of the cap to form a socket for a pipe, a ring with rounded sides to fit into the ottom of the socket and against the end of pipe, and screws passing through the said cap for engagement with the 'pipe.

4. In a pipe-cap of the class described, the combination of a cap 4 having an oblong pocket therein, an enlargement of said ocket in one end of the cap to form a socket or the pipe, an open ring for attachment around the wires and intermediate the bottom of socket and end of pipe, and screws to engage the pipe and secure the parts together.

5. In a pipe-cap of the class described, the combination of a cap having an oblong pocket therein, an enlargement of said pocket. in one end of the cap, a ring withan oval top surface and an extended apron and adapted to be engaged intermediate the bottom of socket and end of pipe, and a screw passing through the cap to engage the sides of the pipe.

6. The combination of an oblong cap havan enlarged. circular socket in the side walls of one end. ofjheoap to receive the pipe, set-screws within the cap to engage the pipe, and a ring 7 5 adapted to fitintermediate the end of pipe and bottom wall of the socket. Y

Signed at -i/Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, this 30 13th day of'Maroh, A. D. 1906.

WALTER G. MORSE. Witnesses I JOHN A. GILIJILANI),

Emma D. LEWIs. 

